Example sentences of "[art] [noun] was [vb pp] around [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A MAJOR financial institution in Britain has been the victim of a £50m computerised theft in which the money was sent around the world in electronic parcels . |
| 2 | The budget was based around a forecast of zero growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1992 , after a 5 per cent GDP reduction in the severe recession in 1991 . |
| 3 | Major area of the damage to the aircraft was centred around the propellers and undersides of the aircraft . |
| 4 | The Croydon was bounced around the sky like a pong-pong ball , and Fred Crocombe watched in grim horror as the Kollsman altimeter recorded prodigious amount of ascent and descent . |
| 5 | ‘ The dinghy was wrapped around the front of the wheel strut and would n't leave the aircraft because of Derek 's frozen grip on the life-line . |
| 6 | Given Brainerd 's background in the publishing industry , mainly newspapers , and the fact that he had just left Atex it is hardly surprising that the program was designed around the traditional ‘ cut and paste ’ working methods . |
| 7 | The meal was organised around the char which had been caught that afternoon , and Hope was touched at the extravagant praise lobbed his way for the provision of the excellent fish . |
| 8 | During the Archbishopric of San Carlo Borromeo , a man we shall meet several times on our walks around Milan , the Nail was processed around the city at the height of an outbreak of plague , with immediate results . |
| 9 | With the help of Blue Watch and Mr Jackson a halter was fitted around the foal and its feet were hobbled . |